First of all I apologize if this is in the wrong section. Not sure. If it is I will delete and restart in the corrected section.
So I am trying to figure out if a desktop application is possible or not. The last I used C++ for coding was back in school 2 almost 3 years ago (Now I work 9-5 at a paper shuffling desk job![>.<]()
) . I only have basic programming idea and pretty much from pointers etc onwards i am knowledge-less.
I am thinking if it is possible to some how keep track on the running tasks or processes? And if the application can create a thread for them. So when the application is running say for example there are 5 running tasks then the app should create 5 instances or threads for them. If one closes then go down to 4 and if a new one opens go back to 5. If a previously closed thread is restarted then open the same instance for that task or process again? Basically for every running task on the machine have a thread/instance created and running which is retrievable if the application is restarted (maybe even after a complete machine reboot).
I would use the analogy of multi tabbed browsing. My application will run like a browser and list all the processes as separate tabs. I can then work within those 'tabs' which dont really directly work with the processes list but are created under their name. So if I open a 'youtube' process my application creates a tab for it, I can work with in the tab. Close it and say if I reopen 'youtube' my application opens the tab with the saved data in it. As such the application can run multiple tabs depending on the processes I work with allowing me to work within the tabs.
Of course i am not asking for the code here. Just a general idea for coding direction on how to maybe go about making something like this efficiently. I looked in Process Walking section at MSDN. Processtool32 api etc. Or maybe a way to create a thread/instance using the mouse click. So if a mouse clicks on a window that will be a running task (something from linux i guess as the Top running process) and an instance for that is created in the application.
So what do you think would be a good way to go about creating this or making it function? If of course I figure my ability to create this is beyond my scope of learning and execution then I might as well give up.![:P]()
Let me know if this helps? I am trying to create a visual for it too in my spare time.![:)]()
Thank you!
So I am trying to figure out if a desktop application is possible or not. The last I used C++ for coding was back in school 2 almost 3 years ago (Now I work 9-5 at a paper shuffling desk job
) . I only have basic programming idea and pretty much from pointers etc onwards i am knowledge-less. I am thinking if it is possible to some how keep track on the running tasks or processes? And if the application can create a thread for them. So when the application is running say for example there are 5 running tasks then the app should create 5 instances or threads for them. If one closes then go down to 4 and if a new one opens go back to 5. If a previously closed thread is restarted then open the same instance for that task or process again? Basically for every running task on the machine have a thread/instance created and running which is retrievable if the application is restarted (maybe even after a complete machine reboot).
I would use the analogy of multi tabbed browsing. My application will run like a browser and list all the processes as separate tabs. I can then work within those 'tabs' which dont really directly work with the processes list but are created under their name. So if I open a 'youtube' process my application creates a tab for it, I can work with in the tab. Close it and say if I reopen 'youtube' my application opens the tab with the saved data in it. As such the application can run multiple tabs depending on the processes I work with allowing me to work within the tabs.
Of course i am not asking for the code here. Just a general idea for coding direction on how to maybe go about making something like this efficiently. I looked in Process Walking section at MSDN. Processtool32 api etc. Or maybe a way to create a thread/instance using the mouse click. So if a mouse clicks on a window that will be a running task (something from linux i guess as the Top running process) and an instance for that is created in the application.
So what do you think would be a good way to go about creating this or making it function? If of course I figure my ability to create this is beyond my scope of learning and execution then I might as well give up.
Let me know if this helps? I am trying to create a visual for it too in my spare time.
Thank you!